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1. Rage to Kill (1987)

R | 93 min | Action, Thriller

Race-car driver Blaine Striker grows concerned about his younger brother, a student at a medical school on the Caribbean island of St. Heron. General Turner has led a violent coup on this ... See full summary »

Director: David Winters | Stars: James Ryan, Oliver Reed, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Cele

Votes: 433

2. The Beatles and India (2021)

96 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.

Directors: Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton | Stars: Shankara Angadi, Sidharth Bhatia, Steve Turner, Ajoy Bose

Votes: 500

3. Toman (2018)

144 min | Biography, Drama, History

This fascinating historical drama looks at the life of "the Czech Schindler," Zdenek Toman, a controversial figure who was an unsavory politician and dubious entrepreneur, but also the savior of hundreds of European Jews.

Director: Ondrej Trojan | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Katerina Winterová, Stanislav Majer, Kristýna Boková

Votes: 444

4. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)

Documentary, Action, Crime

In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.

Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran

Votes: 26

5. 1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)

Documentary, History, War

A look back to the end of the second World War, where the world was struggling to recover after the death and destruction caused by the six-year global conflict.

Stars: Curtis Roosevelt, François Kersaudy, André Kaspi, Robert Franck

Votes: 37

6. Bin Laden: War on Terror (2016)

Documentary, History, War

A re-telling of the events leading up to the death of the world's most wanted man. Includes details of the bold military operation that found, hunted and killed Osama Bin Laden.

Director: Marilyn Higgins | Stars: Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Yasser Arafat, George W. Bush

7. Gehlen: Hitler's Superspy (1974 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

This is the remarkable story of Reinhard Gehlen, former Head of the German Secret Service, who helped to found the CIA, the American Central Intelligence Agency.

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Siegfried Westphal, Walter Warlimont, Kenneth Strong, Lyman Kirkpatrick

Votes: 24

8. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Campaign in the Balkans (2004)

105 min | Documentary, History, War

We examine the course of savage fighting in the Balkans in the latter half of the conflict in World War 2 where after the uprising by the Romanians, the Soviet Army moved swiftly to capture Bucharest.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Ion Antonescu, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Ernst Busch

Votes: 11

9. Kennedy (2023)
Episode: The Torch Has Passed (January 1961 - December 1961) (2023)

Documentary, Biography, History

The youngest President ever elected, Kennedy faces the height of the Cold War and a national civil rights crisis.

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, Conan O'Brien, Chris Matthews, Charles K. Ross

Votes: 29

10. Kennedy (2023)
Episode: Crisis (January 1962 - October 1962) (2023)

Documentary, Biography, History

After Nuclear weapons are placed 90 miles from the Florida coast in Cuba, Kennedy faces his ultimate trial, the most dangerous moment in human history.

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, Andrew Cohen, Richard Lipsey, J. Randy Taraborrelli

Votes: 28

11. Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode: Counterstrike (2004)

Documentary, History, War

Counterstrike can take many forms and history is full of examples where a numerically inferior army has turned the tide of battle by a brilliant execution of a Counterstrike.

Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Leonid Brezhnev

12. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Romeo Project (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Gabrielle Kleim was one of many women working in West Germany targeted by "Romeo Spies." Duped into sharing intelligence for love at the behest of the "Man Without a Face", East German HVA Chief Marcus Wolf.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: James M. Olson, Paul Maddrell, H. Keith Melton, David Charney

13. The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode: Programme 1 (1998)

49 min | Documentary, History, War

1948-56. The formation of the state of Israel and the wars of 1948 and 1956.

Director: Michael Simkin | Stars: Gideon Rafael, Clark Clifford, Abba Eban, Yitzhak Navon

Votes: 6

14. The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode: Programme 2 (1998)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

1967. Tracing the dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of 1967.

Director: Dai Richards | Stars: Evgeny Pyrlin, Mohamed Fawzi, Salah Bassiouny, Miriam Eshkol

Votes: 7

15. The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode: Programme 3 (1998)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

1967-1982. The story of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

Director: David Ash | Stars: Abu Ali Shaheen, Mashour Haditha Al-Jazy, King Hussein, Israel Tal

Votes: 7

16. The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode: Programme 4 (1998)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

1970-79. The Yom Kippur War and the 1978 Arab-Israeli Agreement.

Director: Dai Richards | Stars: Vadim Kirpichenko, Elliot Richardson, Joseph Sisco, Abba Eban

17. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Rapid Dominance (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare - a tactic known as Rapid Dominance.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Ahron Bregman, Lawrence Freedman, Jenny Grant, Dina Gusejnova

18. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Deception (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Strategy and tactics can be creative. But behind every deception are the Military Masterminds planning and executing each strategy to defeat an enemy.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Christopher Catherwood, Dan Hill, James Rogers, Lucy Betteridge-Dyson

19. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: Family Secrets (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

As personal scandal threatens his marriage and looming nuclear war undermines his administration, President John F. Kennedy must fight to protect the presidency, the country and the world.

Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sally Bedell Smith, Kate Andersen Brower, J. Randy Taraborrelli

Votes: 52